Jana Lapel

@janalapel

active 2 years, 9 months ago

Looking forward to my very first Marathon! signed up for the “full meal deal” since I am an insomniac anyhow! I started writing poetry (with my professional writer/mother’s help) at age 7. Now at 76 …It is my very best “medicine” for whatever old age delivers in the way of hurdles! Iowa born…Chicago launched and lived in Canada for more […] View

Hi again…Bhasha…Happy to see your response and comment about my poem “Your Unconditional Love”…it is an easy thing for me to write about my late husband…since he died in 2007 I have written dozens …of poems about our “miracle” 16 years together. I hope it inspires others to never give up on themselves! Thanks for reading and commenting.

Thank you Bhasha …for your comment about my “Homeless and Forgotten” poem. I did not follow the prompt exactly…which was to speak from the Homeless person’s perspective…but this is what I ended up with….and I am pleased to know you liked the flow! Thank you for taking time to read it and then comment. Much appreciated!

Thank you Bhasha …for your comment about my “Homeless and Forgotten” poem. I did not follow the prompt exactly…which was to speak from the Homeless person’s perspective…but this is what I ended up with….and I am pleased to know you liked the flow! Thank you for taking time to read it and then comment. Much appreciated!

As a modern day version of the biblical Samaritan Woman (also known as the Woman at the Well in John 4) I survived child abuse and four broken marriages. At age 50 I met my FIFTH husband…who said he did not […]

Hi again…Bhasha…Happy to see your response and comment about my poem “Your Unconditional Love”…it is an easy thing for me to write about my late husband…since he died in 2007 I have written dozens …of poems about our “miracle” 16 years together. I hope it inspires others to never give up on themselves! Thanks for reading and commenting.

Today I spotted gold leaves among the green on the trees outside my window. Pretty as it is…it reminds me of what is coming. It is called WINTER in Canada. Oh, there may be a short period called FALL that […]

I thought I did follow the prompt….first, I wrote ten lines…then I went back and inserted ten more lines …adding to the unfolding of the story. I ended up with twenty lines…interspersed and not added at the end. perhaps we were to show the separation in the copy we posted?

I searched for the puzzle pieces
it took me seventy years
wanting to learn more about me
and why I had so many tears
How did I get to be “this way”?
I always felt “crazy”, you see
We may have looked fine on […]

I thought I did follow the prompt….first, I wrote ten lines…then I went back and inserted ten more lines …adding to the unfolding of the story. I ended up with twenty lines…interspersed and not added at the end. perhaps we were to show the separation in the copy we posted?